welcome. culture streaming services are burning up the historical series seem to be particularly popular netflix is launching its 1st german historical series barbarians which takes place in noir in a day when the romans occupied almost half of europe so the judge manic tribes are trying to stop the market partly of a half lots of potential for epic battles lawford hate the trail and loyalty. so i mean i was going to roman empire at the height of its power half of me is under. roman general virus is governor of the northern provinces at his side. the leader of a division of germany troops serving the romans. returning with roman forces meet his father a tribal chief again as a child i mean yes was taken as a hostage to rome where he became

a roman citizen would come under tightness. crisis act and now on slope sees parallels with the situation of refugees today. and feel i think refugees have to struggle with the same things that armenia struggled with not knowing how to fit in where do i belong do i belong. how much of my original culture can i retain. and how much is it accepted in the new culture and so on. this story is told entirely from the perspective of the german it tribes they resent the high tribute payments demanded by the romans the conflict is given an extra edge due to the language barrier the romans speaking latin. no matter what i was the only

one producing any sort of. because of the fact that. there were no one up call alan so it's a touch of culture as they don't understand each other so we use this to develop the plot the few characters he speak both languages suddenly have much more power and control over the situation. there are misunderstandings. it was a key moment when we decided to incorporate this into the narrative in the financial the in the solution start. adding to armenia says internal conflict he is also the foster child of roman general virus an entirely fictional element. t.p. . given for the best. way for the cup of tea leaves. to for me to be. done. roman barbarians at the occupying

forces become increasingly. many of which is side then leave the romans into an ambush although the outcome of the battle is a matter of historical record barbarians keeps the tension going until the end. looks good barbarians coming out on netflix kind of a my colleague joins me now so high expectations for this production because of a germ productions are being very good dark. and a 6 part series does have a lot going for it to. david and goliath story set in the based on historical fact it was spectacularly shot not in the forest have to say but actually on location in hungary it should appeal to fans of shows like vikings

and the last kingdom and there's no reason why it shouldn't do very well indeed based on an interesting chapter of german history what do we know about the real life tribes well there's an interesting exhibition in at the james. which deals with misconceptions about them the german it tribes were actually ethnically quite diverse. they were not barbarians but fairly advanced agricultural communities what we knew about them before he initially came from stories written by the romans and then further romanticized by whites as an artist. particularly around the time of the foundation of the 1st german. arminius then becomes herman the german a massive monument is built to him in the toy to forest 800 years after the battle so was this a search for a sort of national identity battle let's fight but hermann is not ideally cast as

the proton germany was no gun marnia he wasn't a unifier of germany that's the herman myth the were in all more than 50 tribes and 4 they were the forefathers of many european nations so lots of myths of misunderstandings but how historically authentic is this series it's pretty good it even has the roman soldiers speaking latin but it plays loose with facts but i have to say that there are only few verifiable facts here and there's a long tradition of inventing things to fill in the gaps in the knowledge so i think if you don't take it too seriously it won't do you any harm and you might enjoy it sounds very good and perhaps it will inspire people to learn more about that part of german history barbarians is on netflix and the game martin is at the jane seymour gallery until until march 2020 ok if you can of the thank you very

much. all 26986 there was a catastrophic. badly paid volunteers to remove the debris that created by the explosion disaster had triggered the release of a vast amount of material and the so-called liquidators were placing themselves in great danger at photographer. devoted exhibitions of. this staging is perfect the lighting equipment the phones of the clothes all. these heroes are faceless and not even standing up they've been laid out in rows like grace lives in berlin since matthew's church photographer under new york calls them

. the people who cleaned up the damage after the disaster. i asked myself what heroes are. other heroes in my life that should be talked about . you realize that they were the liquidators. the term is so unspecific an emotional process a bio robot a person who's treated like a machine. recall the heroes of soviet propaganda invincible in their protective suits they have no idea they're being sacrificed the enemy radiation is invisible.

the title of the exhibition in the theme enter into an unbelievably good symbiosis here in these places questions of heroism resurrection elevation to st e status they really rub up against each other. the phones of the redeemer are reflected in mirrors to peace. the idea of sacrificing oneself for the general good is not ideal still compatible with the age we live in. now before. there is still the concept of the hero right now we're once again talking about how ironic figures in respect to the challenges presented by the coronavirus another invisible danger we face. maybe it has got something to do with the church in the end people want to believe in something but if you look more closely at this world it does become difficult to

believe in heroism. heroism an idea as beautiful as it is questionable. is to release a new album made entirely in the english countryside joining lock down this is his 3rd totally solo album in that he plays the instruments mix to produce that self and each time he's done this he surprises all with this experimental edge and it has signaled a new side to his talents the album comes. from one british musician who's working in the countryside jornada because sheldrake is i was sort of out in the open i think some of his role material he's inspired by and uses the rustling of leaves. the wind much more and his music. british musician cosmos sheldrake feels

a deep connection with nature the songs he composes are inspired by the world around him he works from a small solar powered studio deep in a forest in southern england. cosmo learned to play the piano at age 4 today he plays over 30 different instruments his 2nd album wakeup calls features a range of good song samples you know chop the sounds out and arrange them a sampler so i can trigger back different elements of what i've recorded in and then start to kind of color those sounds together and build it into a piece of music. when he can get there to roll he explores his lush surroundings hunting for sounds to sample. 'd 'd 'd nature to me i guess just means a celebration of life it's just. one of the songs every life has a passion for living and i think it's just. so true isn't it just being

a natural place you just get that sense of just life busting for from becoming constantly in you. know you. in mahon you. he's great changes in many different corners of the world and he has a soft spot for performing in night. out i mean i love playing outside. one of my favorite things to play to places about people i think it's just as important to perform in places and places but often i'll go to a place i record sounds from that place make a piece of music and then take it back to the place and perform it back in the place. where. has an end to the beauty of our natural environment which his music never ceases to

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